Birufinery
Birufinery aims to innovate in the blue economy, specifically in the tropical seaweed industry, in order to unleash its economic, social, and environmental potential.
Profile
Birufinery (PT Karya Biru Inovasi) is a women-led, Indonesia-based, vertically integrated seaweed-biolstimulant biotechnology company that produces agricultural biostimulants and also processes/markets tropical seaweed. Core product: BiruLift, a biostimulant made from tropical seaweed extracts (designed to reduce chemical fertilizer use while improving crop growth/yield and resilience) and it uses beneficial microbes per AgTech/AgNavigator coverage. Technology includes corporate-plasma smallholder seaweed farming with nurseries, centralized drying/post-harvest processing, and micro-refinery/processing to standardize inputs. Founded in 2024; HQ is not explicitly stated, but it operates from Flores and Kupang (East Nusa Tenggara). It received an investment from Terratai (Investing in Women initiative, announced 2025-12-05). Scale where known: ~3 hectares managed seaweed farms (plan to exceed 80 hectares by 2029); currently manages ~3 hectares and works with ~100 farmers (target 1,200); LinkedIn lists 16 employees (as of 2026-06-20). Key partners/customers: plantation owners (especially palm oil; ~90% of commercial customers), plus national/global researchers/institutions and start-ups (per company site). Latest developments 2025-2026: Terratai investment (announced 2025-12-05) and subsequent scaling efforts including moving to a full factory setup, broadening crop portfolio beyond palm oil, adding soil bioremediators, and scaling seaweed farming capacity (plans described 2026-03-17). Company appears active in 2025-2026 via hiring/posts on its website/LinkedIn (no evidence of shutdown).
Sources#
- Terratai Announces Investment in Birufinery: Pioneering Seaweed-Based Solutions for Agricultural Regeneration and Coastal Community Empowerment - Terratai — 2025-12-05
- Birufinery sets out to deliver affordable, scalable biostimulants for developing countries — 2026-03-17
- Birufinery — 2026-06-20
- Birufinery | Unleash Tropical Seaweed Potential
- From Ocean to Orchard: How Birufinery Is Rewriting Indonesia’s Seaweed Economy - Harvard Technology Review — 2026-04-05
- MIT Solve
- TERRATAI INVESTS IN BIRUFINERY, OUR FIRST PORTFOLIO COMPANY IN THE MARINE AND COASTAL ECOSYSTEM | Terratai — 2025-12-05
- Birufinery sets out to deliver affordable, scalable biostimulants for developing countries — 2026-03-17
- Industry
- Biorefining, Crop protection, Ecology & monitoring, Fertilisers & plant nutrition, Food ingredients, Post-harvest & processing
- Topics
- Seaweed, alginate & carrageenan, Biofertilizers & biostimulants, Sugar, palm oil & agri-commodity processing, Carbon credits, CCUS & blue carbon
- Role
- Producer — “…ural biostimulants and also processes/markets tropical seaweed. Core product: BiruLift, a biostimulant made fr…”
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News & status 6
- 2026-04-05 From Ocean to Orchard: How Birufinery Is Rewriting Indonesia’s Seaweed Economy - Harvard Technology ReviewBirufinery is a vertically integrated Indonesian startup turning wild seaweed into value-added bio inputs, starting with seaweed-based biostimulants (like BiruLift) and expanding toward a multi-output biorefinery model that includes animal feed, cosmetics, and …
- 2025-12-05 Terratai Announces Investment in Birufinery: Pioneering Seaweed-Based Solutions for Agricultural Regeneration and Coastal Community Empowerment - TerrataiBirufinery is a women-led Indonesian seaweed company (Flores and Kupang) that integrates sustainable seaweed farming with R&D and biostimulant products to boost crop yields while reducing chemical fertilizer use, partnering with smallholder coastal communities …
- 2026-08-02 Dubes Australia Rod Brazier Tinjau Program Keringanan Pajak Kendaraan dan Industri Rumput Laut di KupangBirufinery is a women-founded enterprise in Kupang that operates in the seaweed (rumput laut) industry, supported by Australia’s Investing in Women Australia program to advance gender equality in the workplace and in the market.
- 2026-04-30 THE S MEDIA - 300 WOMEN, 3 CITIES, ONE BATIK DRESS CODE -- AND A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WOMEN CAN ACTUALLY BUILDBirufinery is a seaweed biotech company that developed BiraLift, a biostimulant product claimed to increase agricultural yield by 40-55% without requiring land or fresh water, reaching harvest in 45 days. It was featured at the WCI 17th Biennial Conference …
- 2026-03-17 Birufinery sets out to deliver affordable, scalable biostimulants for developing countriesBirufinery is an Indonesian company developing affordable, scalable seaweed-based biostimulants tailored for tropical plantation crops (notably palm oil), produced via a vertically integrated supply chain with own seaweed farm and farmer partnerships, aiming …
- 2026-05-19 🇦🇺 Minister Counsellor Bidang Ekonomi, Perdagangan, dan Keberlanjutan, Jonathan Gilbert, baru-baru ini menyelesaikan kunjungannya ke Kupang, Nusa Tenggara Timur. | Australian Embassy, IndonesiaBirufinery is a women-led SME, supported by Investing in Women, that converts seaweed into fertiliser and other sustainable products, empowering women entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia.
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Ownership & investors 1
| investor | Terratai |
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